Anyone else get scared when Abel tweeted ” Jared Sullinger of Celtics will be released.”

Curt Hays

Was he referring to being released on bail?

KGino

not as bad as everyone thought… Still not acceptable, but I can see how this would happen and forgive. As long as he learns and grows from it.

MatthewWilding

I’m glad to see this blog taking domestic violence seriously. There is some horrible defense being made elsewhere on the internet of this kind of behavior.

LA Flake

As a father of a young girl and two future Celtics guards, I condemn both emotional and physical violence against women and human beings in general. That said, I was in Palm Springs over the weekend and saw some horrible (drunk) behavior by young men and women. I saw a young woman who literally bitch-slapped her drunk husband who was being a total jerk at the hotel we were staying at. I was quietly hoping she’d kick him in the nuts for being such an ass. He really deserved to be slapped IMO. But then he pushed her against a wall before their drunk friends stepped in and broke it up. Not excusing Sully’s alleged actions at all. Just saying people do some stupid ****. You just hope they live and learn.

I’ve got to say that I hate how sports blogs talk about player’s girlfriends like objects. The victim of this case was named Deann Smith, not “Sullinger’s,” “woman,” or “girlfriend.” Yet, typical sports grammar tends to always treat these cases as [Player Name]’s [Relation].

MatthewWilding

I think that’s usually done to protect the victim’s identity.

Gaffer

That basically only happens with child victims. If he got arraigned it’s a matter public record, because you have a right to face your accuser. Besides her name is in the police report that was posted later.

Curt Hays

Also, if they mentioned the ladies’ names every time…they’d make up lies for more publicity. Then scenarios like the false allegations on Birdman would be we more prevlalent. The news is already filled up with enough trash.
Edit: I’m not saying that Deann was lying.

Gaffer

But you are saying that women will lie more if they are treated like people instead of objects?

I know false allegations happen, but these stories are always defended from the male player’s perspective. Victims of domestic violence are only treated as important when their allegations may interfere with playing time. They are assigned to the role of “girlfriend” or “wife” and don’t have an individual identity.

Curt Hays

How do you think Kris Kardashian feels? It isn’t gender specific. It is based on celebrity status.
Anyway, if additional lies result from some action, then that action is probably a bad decision.